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Recipient of the Gordon K. Lewis Memorial Award for Caribbean ScholarshipMarcus Garvey, Amy Jacques Garvey, Claude McKay, Claudia Jones, C.L.R. James, Stokely Carmichael—the roster of immigrants from...

Pragmatism is the most famous single work of American philosophy. Its sequel, The Meaning of Truth, is its imperative and inevitable companion. The definitive texts of both works are here available...

An incendiary critique of contemporary American society that also offers concrete solutions for the dilemmas facing progressive politics.As the political climate of the United States moves rightward,...

Henry James's reputation as The Master is so familiar that it's hard to imagine he was ever someone on whom some things really were lost. This is the story of the year--1875 to 1876--when the young...

James Rosenquist's paintings, with their billboard-sized images of commercial subjects, are utterly emblematic of 1960s Pop Art. Their provocative imagery also touches on some of the major political...

A new edition of C.L.R. James’s authorized biographyC.L.R. James was a man of prodigious and varied accomplishments. He was a protean twentieth-century Marxist intellectual, widely recognized as a...

From the sure-footed duo of James Howe and Randy Cecil comes a hugely endearing new character — in a humorous, heart-warming tale about holding on to your dreams. Brontorina has a dream. She wants...

Standing at the crossroads of psychology and religion, this catalyzing work applied the scientific method to a field abounding in abstract theory. William James believed that individual religious...

The modern successor to Sweetness and Power, James Walvin’s Sugar is a rich and engaging work on a topic that continues to change our world. How did sugar grow from prize to pariah? Acclaimed...

As seen on the Oxygen mini-series The Disappearance of Maura MurrayWhen an eleven-year-old James Renner fell in love with Amy Mihaljevic, the missing girl seen on posters all over his neighborhood,...

By turns chilling, funny, tragic, and profound, this collection of six Henry James short novels allows readers to experience the full range of his skills and vision. The title story, “The Turn of the...

From The Assassination Of His Father To The Explosive Political And Personal Intrigues Of His Reign, This Fresh Biography Reveals As Never Before The Passions That Drove King James I. Gareth...

A magical unicorn adventure from New York Times bestselling creators Kimberly and James Dean! Pete the Kitty's friend Stevie the unicorn somehow lost all the colors in her rainbow tail. It's a good...

A leading economic historian presents a new history of financial crises, showing how some led to greater globalization while others kept nations apart"[A] fascinating book."--Martin Wolf,...

With Death in Holy Orders, P. D. James makes a triumphant return to the genre for which she is best known - the classic English detective story. The story is set in an Anglican theological college on...

This is a book for anyone who cares about the way we treat other human beings; for anyone who has read about cases like Karen Quinlan and wondered what ought to be done; for anyone who has stopped to...

A scary story spooks Pete the Cat in this Level 1 I Can Read from New York Times bestselling creators Kimberly and James Dean. When Bob tells Pete the Cat a spooky, creepy, scary story about a...

In After Caliban, Erica Moiah James examines the rise of global Caribbean artists in the 1990s and their production of a decolonized art history for the Caribbean. She draws on Aimé Césaire's...

Like all best friends, George and Martha do everything together--go to the movies, play at the beach, and just hang around not doing much of anything. George and Martha teach each other (and adoring...

The award-winning team of photographer James Archambeault and writer Dr. Thomas D. Clark captures the magic of Kentucky.